David Cameron compares position on EU to tantric sex

David Cameron compared his position on the EU to tantric sex (Picture: Getty)

David Cameron has compared his position on the EU… to tantric sex.

The prime minister used the eastern technique championed by pop star Sting to joke about his lack of policies on Britain’s membership.

‘This is a tantric approach to policy-making: it’ll be even better when it does eventually come,’ he told journalists in Westminster.

The Tory leader – who is under pressure from backbenchers and London mayor Boris Johnson for a referendum – later said he wanted to use the eurozone’s problems to get ‘significant reform’ of Britain’s membership ‘for the good of the country’.

He added: ‘I think Britain does have a future in the EU in the heart of the single market. It is very important we are writing the rules of that market, rather than just obeying them.’

Meanwhile, EC president Jose Manuel Barroso said an independent Scotland would need to reapply for EU membership – rather than just renegotiating its terms.

Mr Cameron said Scottish first minister Alex Salmond ‘wants to have his cake and eat it’ but deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland has 40 years of continuous membership as part of Britain.